Hello,
So I'm helping a friend of mine with his first PC build. His budget is $1,000 US with a bit of wiggle room if it goes over. Here is the parts list that we worked on. https://pcpartpicker.com/list/km9HNq
His goal for this build is to play games like Red Dead 2, Breakpoint, Battlefield, etc at 1080p. He only has a regular TV right now, but wants to get a 144hz monitor when he can afford to get one.
The build its a bit over the budget and I thought if we need to we could change the CPU to a AMD Ryzan 7 3600x to save some money. Also there is no PSU since I have an extra one from a different build. Its a corsair RM750I, its definitely overkill for his build, but since I'm not using it that should save him some money.
I've done two builds before, but I used intel CPUs so I'm not as familiar with AMD CPUs. I figured since they have been doing well for the past couple years and they are typically cheaper, they would be better for him. I base this build off of the recommended settings for Red Dead 2 and went a bit over so that way it would future proof him for a while and give him the ability to get into other stuff like VR if he wanted to.
He is going to wait till black Friday/Cyber Monday to start buying parts and hopeful that will help with the price. We don't have a keyboard and mouse picked out yet.
I'd like to know if you guys have any suggestions on this build or if there are other parts that would be better and meet his goal.
So I'm helping a friend of mine with his first PC build. His budget is $1,000 US with a bit of wiggle room if it goes over. Here is the parts list that we worked on. https://pcpartpicker.com/list/km9HNq
His goal for this build is to play games like Red Dead 2, Breakpoint, Battlefield, etc at 1080p. He only has a regular TV right now, but wants to get a 144hz monitor when he can afford to get one.
The build its a bit over the budget and I thought if we need to we could change the CPU to a AMD Ryzan 7 3600x to save some money. Also there is no PSU since I have an extra one from a different build. Its a corsair RM750I, its definitely overkill for his build, but since I'm not using it that should save him some money.
I've done two builds before, but I used intel CPUs so I'm not as familiar with AMD CPUs. I figured since they have been doing well for the past couple years and they are typically cheaper, they would be better for him. I base this build off of the recommended settings for Red Dead 2 and went a bit over so that way it would future proof him for a while and give him the ability to get into other stuff like VR if he wanted to.
He is going to wait till black Friday/Cyber Monday to start buying parts and hopeful that will help with the price. We don't have a keyboard and mouse picked out yet.
I'd like to know if you guys have any suggestions on this build or if there are other parts that would be better and meet his goal.